English Explanatory Dictionary

Kewanee

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A place in the United States:
  2. A city in Henry County, Illinois.
  3. An unincorporated community and coal town in Pike County, Kentucky.
  4. An unincorporated community in Lauderdale County, Mississippi.
  5. An unincorporated community in New Madrid County, Missouri.

Word forms

Kewanee

Etymology

The Illinois city's name is from the Winnebago word for the greater prairie chicken, which lived there. The Missouri unincorporated community was named after the Illinois city, the native home of a lumber official.

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